diff --git a/samples/bpf/sampleip_kern.c b/samples/bpf/sampleip_kern.c
index f24806ac24e7..a3f8a3998e0a 100644
--- a/samples/bpf/sampleip_kern.c
+++ b/samples/bpf/sampleip_kern.c
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
  * modify it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public
  * License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
  */
-#include <linux/version.h>
 #include <linux/ptrace.h>
 #include <uapi/linux/bpf.h>
 #include <uapi/linux/bpf_perf_event.h>
diff --git a/samples/bpf/trace_event_kern.c b/samples/bpf/trace_event_kern.c
index 7d3c66fb3f88..0bba5fcd7d24 100644
--- a/samples/bpf/trace_event_kern.c
+++ b/samples/bpf/trace_event_kern.c
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
  * License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
  */
 #include <linux/ptrace.h>
-#include <linux/version.h>
 #include <uapi/linux/bpf.h>
 #include <uapi/linux/bpf_perf_event.h>
 #include <uapi/linux/perf_event.h>